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National ID Card design and production

National Identity Card

National Identity Card

Foreign National identity card is the legal identity certificate of each country, mostly adopting ID-1 standard size (85.6×54mm), made of  polycarbonate or PVC.

With integrated holograms, optical color changing ink, micro text and other anti- counterfeiting technologies. The United States, Japan and other individual countries currently do not have a unified, official ID card, which can be replaced by a driver’s license, passport, social security card and so on.

 


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National Identity Card

Foreign National' identity card is the legal identity certificate of each country, mostly adopting ID-1 standard size (85.6×54mm), made of polycarbonate or PVC.

With integrated holograms, optical color changing ink, micro text and other anti- counterfeiting technologies. The United States, Japan and other individual countries currently do not have a unified, official ID card, which can be replaced by a driver's license, passport, social security card and so on.

 

(I) Europe (France, Germany as an example)

 

1.   Technical Parameters

 

Size Material Data storage
85.60mm x 53.98mm(ID-1 standard) Polycarbonate plastic RFID chip (ISO 14443 standard, stores biometric data suchas fingerprints)

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French ID card template                                                                            Germany ID card template

2.   Process description

(1)  Hologram (EU flag and member state logo, fluorescent under UV light).

(2)  UV ink (photo background with hidden texture).

(3)  Laser engraving process

(4)  Microtext (EU legal texts)

 

(II) Russia

 

1.   Technical parameters:

Dimensions Material Data storage
85.6mm×54mm(Bank card size) Polycarbonate with built-in electronic chip RFID chip (contactless reading), 2D barcode(encrypted personal information)

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Russian ID card template front and back

2.   Process Description:

 

(1)  Holographic magnetic window opening security line.

(2)Laser engraving (portrait and number)

 

 

(III) United States

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Driver's license template                                                              Social Security Number Card

 

(The United States does not currently have a standardized ID card, which can be replaced with a driver's license, social security number card, or passport)

 

1.   Technical parameters

 

Size Material Data storage
St at e  by  st at e ,  m o stly85.6mm x 54mm (e.g. California) PVC or polycarbonate with tamper- evident coating Magnetic stripe or RFID chip; 2Dbarcode (encrypted data)

 

2.   Anti-counterfeiting technology: Photochromic ink (state emblem changes color); security paper (with fluorescent fibers)

 

(IV) Major Asian Countries

1.   India

(1)  Technical Parameters

 

Dimensions Material Data storage
ID-1  standard  (85.6  x  53.98  mm), in line with bank PVC  card  (upgraded  in  2023) Contactless     chip     (ISO      14443     standard),
cards, PVC card with rounded corners introduced in with anti-counterfeiting film on encrypted  storage  of  biometric  template
2023, thickness approx.0.76mm thick surface and personal information.

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(2)  Process description:

 

1)Hologram: Dynamic hologram on the top left corner of the card face showing the Indian flag and the word "UIDAI" ,changing color when tilted.

2 )UV Ink: photo background hides UV fluorescent pattern, UV light shows "INDIA"   and   "UIDAI" logo under UV light.

3)Ghost image: small translucent photo of the licensee and Aadhaar number on the left side of the card face, overlapping the main photo, which needs to be identified by translucent light

4) Micro text : Micro text ( e . g . "SECURE YOUR IDENTITY") printed on the edge or in a pattern on the card

face , requiring magnification for viewing.

 

2.   Japan (My Number Card):

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Driver'sLicense card

(In Japan, there is no official ID card, so a driver's license, personal number card, etc. can be used as a substitute.)

(1)  Technical Parameters

 

Dimensions Material Data storage
85.6mm×54mm PVC with built-in IC chip IC c h i p   (FIPS140-2 encryption, supportsNFC reading)(FIPS140-2 encryption, support NFC reading)

(2)  Process description: laser engraving, encrypted QR code.

 

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(1)Technical Parameters

 

Dimension Material Data storage
85.6mm×54mm Plastic card with hologram and watermark Chip(stores fingerprints, address, etc.)

(2)  Process description: hologram, UV ink.

4.   Singapore:

(1)  Technical Parameters

 

Size Material Data storage
85.60mm x 54.00mm Plastic card with chip and magnetic stripe Chip (stores personal number, address)

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(2)  Anti-counterfeiting technology: chip encryption, holograms

 

Third, the summary of technical parameters

 

1.   Size: ID-1standard (85.6mm×54mm)in most countries,withtheexceptionofsomeU.S. states.

2.   Material: Polycarbonate (EU, Japan, China) or PVC (USA, Russia) with wear-resistant coating.

3.   Craftsmanship:

(1)  Visual anti-counterfeiting: hologram, optical color-changing ink, micro-text, laser engraving.

(2)  Machine readable anti-counterfeiting: RFID chip, encrypted QR code, magnetic stripe.

4.   Data storage:

(1)  Physical layer: laser engraved text, magnetic stripe (phased out).

(2)  Electronic layer: RFID chip (ISO 18000-6C as the main), IC chip (FIPS140-2 encryption).

5.   Biometrics: EU ID card mandatory fingerprints, Japan and China support fingerprint/face recognition, US Real ID contains fingerprint data .

 


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